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# button

noun (button, buttons); verb (button, buttons, buttoned, buttoning)

«button» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A button is a small round thing that holds clothes closed by going through a hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#m1)
2. A button is something you press to make a machine or a screen work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#m2)
3. A badge with a pin is also called a button. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#m3)
4. To button is to close with buttons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#m4)

### In the lessons

small things counted, often per shirt or coat; sorting buttons by holes, size or color makes groups; phrases «press the button», «button up», «belly button», «cute as a button»

### Examples

- Each shirt has 6 buttons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x1)
- She has 40 buttons in a jar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x2)
- How many buttons for 7 coats? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x3)
- He pressed the button 3 times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x4)
- Button up your coat, it's cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x5)
- Press the red button to stop the machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x6)
- Sort the buttons by the number of holes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x7)
- Your belly button is in the middle of your tummy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x8)
- Click the button to start the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x9)
- The puppy is as cute as a button. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x10)
- It was a blue jacket with brass buttons, quite new. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/#x11)

### Note

Buttons per shirt is a rate: total = shirts × buttons each. Trap: sorting buttons by holes or colors makes groups. Safety: small buttons and button batteries must be kept away from babies.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «button» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/button/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«button» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/button.html) on Mova free.